{"id":2246439,"date":"2024-05-16T20:25:01","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T00:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-school-system-is-plagued-by-violence-and-chaos-and-theyre-cooking-the-stats-to-keep-it-a-secret\/"},"modified":"2024-05-16T20:29:25","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T00:29:25","slug":"the-school-system-is-plagued-by-violence-and-chaos-and-theyre-cooking-the-stats-to-keep-it-a-secret","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-school-system-is-plagued-by-violence-and-chaos-and-theyre-cooking-the-stats-to-keep-it-a-secret\/","title":{"rendered":"Violence and Chaos Concealed in School System Stats"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-school-system-is-plagued-by-violence-and-chaos-and-theyre-cooking-the-stats-to-keep-it-a-secret%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2246439&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The text discusses the\u2063 impact of progressive policies on public schools, highlighting a\u200d rise in disorder and violence. It \u2064questions\u200c the effectiveness of restorative justice practices and presents instances where such approaches have failed, \u2064leading to chaos and safety concerns.\u2063 The school districts&#8217; responses to incidents are\u2062 examined, revealing\u200b a\u2063 lack of accountability and\u2063 a focus on deflecting criticism rather\u200d than\u200b addressing the underlying \u2064issues.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There\u2019s an inconvenient paradox that, at one point or another, every <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/east-coast-law-schools-are-mandating-social-justice-classes-to-graduate\/\" title=\"East Coast Law Schools Are Mandating Social Justice Classes To Graduate\">social justice scholar<\/a> has to wrestle with. And that paradox is this: Even as the entire country forcibly implements every single one of their wish-list items \u2014 no matter how extreme or untethered from reality \u2014 the result is that people\u2019s lives get objectively worse. And I\u2019m not just talking about a little worse. Pretty much everyone\u2019s life gets measurably worse, by a lot.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you have a child in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sf-school-board-president-accuses-mayor-of-division-for-criticizing-renaming-re-opening-plans\/\" title=\"SF School Board President Accuses Mayor Of \u2018Division\u2019 For Criticizing Renaming, Re-Opening Plans\">public school system<\/a>, you know that students have suffered in particular. But you may not realize how stark the decline has been, because no one\u2019s really reported on the specific numbers. A couple of years ago, the Department of Education took a look at <a href=\"https:\/\/nces.ed.gov\/pubs2022\/2022092.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">serious incidents<\/a> occurring in public schools in the 2009-2010 school year. Then they compared that data with the number of serious incidents that occurred a decade later, in the 2019-2020 school year (which was mostly pre-pandemic). <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This is what\u2019s known in the statistics biz as a \u201clongitudinal\u201d analysis \u2014 and if there\u2019s one thing Leftists hate, it\u2019s longitudinal analysis. You\u2019re not supposed to think about the past because, if you do that, you might realize it was a lot better than the current progressive experiment we\u2019re all living through.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And as the Department of Education <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edweek.org\/leadership\/school-crime-and-safety-what-a-decade-of-federal-data-show\/2022\/07\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">found<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, that\u2019s especially true in schools. The percentage of public schools reporting \u201cwidespread disorder in the classroom\u201d at least once per week, increased by more than 60% from 2009 to 2019. I\u2019ll say that again. Rates of \u201cwidespread disorder in the classroom\u201d jumped by more than 60% in a decade. Meanwhile, the percentage of public schools reporting \u201cstudent verbal abuse of teachers\u201d at least once per week, as well as \u201ccyberbullying,\u201d increased by more than 100%. \u201cRacial and ethnic tensions\u201d among students increased by more than 30%.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">How could that be? This was the era of Barack Obama and teachable moments. This was the era we learned that gender is a social construct. This was the era that pride parades became mandatory in every major city in the country. It was also, you might remember, the era that every newspaper and media outlet in the country began harping about police brutality. This was the decade of Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, Philando Castile, Alton Sterling, and so on. BLM and racial tolerance were on the upswing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Could all of this Left-wing social engineering have backfired? Could it be the reason schools were now far more chaotic and dangerous than ever?<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/episode\/ep-1369-the-school-system-is-plagued-by-violence-and-chaos-and-they-re-cooking-the-stats-to-keep-it-a-secret-member-exclusive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WATCH: The Matt Walsh Show<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Confronted with this problem, school administrators had two choices. They could have admitted that the progressive experiment was failing, and started disciplining students and restoring order \u2014 without regard to skin color or ethnicity or anything like that. Or they could come up with a way to cook the statistics. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the end, they decided on the latter option. And the hysteria of the so-called \u201cracial reckoning\u201d post-George Floyd gave them their opening. As the BLM moral panic overtook the world back in 2020, the idea of \u201crestorative practices\u201d or \u201crestorative justice\u201d took hold in schools all over the country. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A new <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/parents-rights-group-warns-about-new-disciplinary-technique-sweeping-the-nation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">report<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  from the parental rights group \u201cParents Defending Education\u201d found that more than 18,000 schools \u2014 across more than 500 school districts \u2014 now have these \u201crestorative\u201d policies in place. It is ubiquitous. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In late 2020, school officials trumpeted this approach as a major breakthrough. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For example, here\u2019s how the Coachella Valley Unified School District in California framed the arrival of restorative justice:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">So in the name of \u201crestorative justice,\u201d they stop detentions and suspensions in this school district \u2014 which covers more than a dozen schools across 1,200 square miles. And what do you know? The number of suspensions went down. They stop suspending people, and therefore the number of suspensions goes down. We\u2019re meant to believe this is a sign that the new approach is working.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But of course it\u2019s not a sign it\u2019s working. It\u2019s the opposite. It\u2019s the same reason the number of traffic citations in San Francisco has just gone to zero. It\u2019s not because everyone in San Francisco drives perfectly now. It\u2019s because the police stopped enforcing traffic laws (and shoplifting laws, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-reparations-task-force-wants-black-residents-free-to-skip-out-on-child-support\/\" title=\"California Reparations Task Force Supports Exemption for Black Residents from Child Support Obligations\">public urination laws<\/a>, and every other law.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As for the other claims about \u201crestorative justice\u201d \u2014 how it\u2019s promoted \u201cbetter relationships\u201d in the school and so on \u2014 well, that\u2019s not remotely accurate either. And we know that because, a little over a year after the report I just showed you, the reality of the situation became impossible to ignore. Armed with \u201crestorative justice,\u201d schools in Coachella Valley became much more violent. Watch:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This is why you have to be very careful whenever anyone cites statistics about crime or violence or any kind of dysfunction. They\u2019ll say it\u2019s going down. Meanwhile, you can go outside and talk to anyone, and they\u2019ll tell you the opposite. That\u2019s because the statistics are extremely easy to manipulate. Stop enforcing the rules, and the statistics will show that there are fewer rule-breakers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Eventually, this news report gets around to acknowledging that. They make the observation that the number of suspensions has been plummeting, even as the fights are obviously becoming more common. And then they connect the dots with \u201crestorative justice.\u201d Watch:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This kind of slow, burning realization has played out all over the country in just the past few years. For example, around last Thanksgiving, a school in Memphis, Trezevant High, promoted its own \u201crestorative practices.\u201d They\u2019re a little more vague than the Coachella school district, and they don\u2019t use the term \u201crestorative justice.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But according to Parents Defending Education, in most cases, the two terms are basically interchangeable. Here\u2019s what it means at Trezevant High:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yes, \u201crestorative practices\u201d mean \u201cbeing kind to each other\u201d and \u201cbeing responsible.\u201d Before we had the social justice terminology of \u201crestorative practices,\u201d no one ever knew how to \u201cbe kind\u201d or \u201cresponsible.\u201d That\u2019s the implication. Who needs religion or morality when you have social justice Leftism?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Well, not to spoil anything, but it turns out that we still need religion and morality \u2014 because \u201crestorative practices\u201d have been a disaster at Trezevant. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In just the past month, a student and a teacher got into a fight on camera, and a student allegedly popped off some shots on school grounds. Watch:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Anyone looking at this school knows that \u201crestorative practices\u201d aren\u2019t the solution to this chaos. Being \u201ckind\u201d isn\u2019t working out. These students (and the parents and teachers, apparently) don\u2019t need to be told how wonderful they are. They\u2019re completely out of control.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">So are the students in the majority-black Hazelwood School District in Missouri. During the BLM insanity, Hazelwood put out a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hazelwoodschools.org\/site\/default.aspx?DomainID=4&#038;FlexDataID=19903&#038;ModuleInstanceID=43&#038;PageID=1&#038;PageType=3&#038;RenderLoc=0&#038;ViewID=6446EE88-D30C-497E-9316-3F8874B3E108\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">statement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  vowing to \u201cpromote restorative justice practices across our organization but in particular to reduce disparities around student discipline.\u201d So they\u2019re all-in on the whole ideology.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">How\u2019s that working out? What\u2019s happened after years of efforts to \u201creduce disparities\u201d and \u201crestore justice\u201d? This was the scene a couple of blocks away from school, back in March:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The white girl who was beaten <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stltoday.com\/news\/local\/crime-courts\/girl-injured-in-fight-near-hazelwood-east-has-brain-bleeding-skull-fracture-family-says\/article_f91371d6-e174-11ee-9e2d-c3f5a5bc4ff3.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">suffered<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  brain bleeding and a skull fracture. She spent a month in the hospital, followed by rehab.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In response to this footage, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey said he wanted the attacker to be charged as an adult. He didn\u2019t want restorative justice; he wanted actual justice. He also said he was <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/dei-diversity-school-beating-missouri-hazelwood-928cd2980047d9f6c37351901f7d0e29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">investigating<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  possible violations of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/labour-party-accepted-700000-from-alleged-chinese-communist-spy-report\/\" title=\"Labour Party Accepted 700,000 From Alleged Chinese Communist Spy: Report\">human rights laws<\/a>. He wrote, \u201cI am launching an investigation into Hazelwood School District after a student was senselessly assaulted by another student in broad daylight. \u2026 The entire community deserves answers on how Hazelwood\u2019s radical DEI programs resulted in such despicable safety failures that resulted in a student fighting for her life.\u201d (Several of those DEI policies were <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1766982044859478191\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">unearthed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  by Libs of TikTok on her Twitter feed.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bailey also wrote that \u201c\u201cthe absence of SROs [school resource officers] on the scene is directly attributable to Hazelwood\u2019s insistence on prioritizing race-based policies over basic student safety.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What did the Hazelwood school district do in response? You already know the answer to that question. They accused the attorney general of racism. The school district\u2019s lawyer said that Bailey has, \u201cobvious racial bias against majority minority school districts.\u201d The lawyer also claimed that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maryland-parents-demand-schools-defund-school-resource-officers\/\" title=\"Maryland Parents Demand Schools \u2018Defund\u2019 School Resource Officers\">school resource officers<\/a>, \u2018\u201cwould not have prevented a fight from occurring off school property and outside of the school day.\u201d And then they filed an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stltoday.com\/news\/local\/education\/hazelwood-schools-files-ethics-complaint-against-ag-bailey-over-dei-investigation\/article_518f7ca0-07d2-11ef-a43d-9f3e0e63bf97.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ethics<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  complaint against the attorney general. So basically, they\u2019re absolving themselves completely. They have shown no signs whatsoever that they intend to revisit their commitment to \u201crestorative justice.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Of course, what\u2019s happening in Missouri (and across the country) is a multi-faceted problem. \u201cRestorative justice\u201d isn\u2019t helping, but it\u2019s obviously not the sole cause of all of this chaos in schools. It starts with terrible parenting, which is maybe the single greatest predictor of dysfunction that exists in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What \u201crestorative justice\u201d does is validate and absolve this dysfunction. Instead of making any real effort to correct it, the point is to enable it \u2014 while also hiding it from public view as much as possible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We see the same approach to \u201crestorative justice\u201d in the criminal justice system, where the stakes are higher and the results, predictably, are even worse. In the nation\u2019s capital, \u201crestorative justice\u201d means you can <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/05\/14\/us-news\/teen-accused-of-firing-26-shots-from-ar-15-at-car-released-on-bail-by-woke-judge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">fire<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  26 rounds from an AR-15 at a moving vehicle, on camera, and get out of jail immediately. It means you can <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/fox-christmas-tree-arsonist-lam-freed-bail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">commit<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  arson and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/men-attacked-nypd-officers-released-132436645.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">attack<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  police officers with impunity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Where well-adjusted people see an obvious problem here, the promoters of \u201crestorative justice\u201d see a success story. The beatings will continue until the restorative justice improves. That\u2019s their approach. In school districts all over the country, children are now living with the consequences.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every social justice scholar faces an inevitable paradox: the push for wish-list items, however extreme, doesn&#8217;t always improve lives. 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